Bit of a shower thought: Outside of limited circumstances, like interviews or therapy, nobody is really expected to give you honest feedback on how you come across.

This sucks. I've been told I come across as unfriendly once, but I have no idea if I was just nervous and tired at the time. I still cherish that one moment almost 10 years ago when someone told me I was funny in some corporate team building bs.

Now, I could ask friends and family, but I believe they would probably not tell me the full, honest truth. After all, they (hopefully) like me and I would probably avoid being too harsh to everyone but very close people in private.

At the same time, I know plenty of people who really should get some feedback, who probably believe they are funny while everyone is bored and annoyed and hopes they talk a little less and the like.

So, are there socially accepted ways to get feedback on how you come across?

I realize that people are strange, relationships are hard, P!=NP and anime is not real. Still, it would be nice to have.

Weil ich das Gefühl habe, es ist mal wieder notwendig zu erwähnen:

Art 25 Die allgemeinen Regeln des Völkerrechtes sind Bestandteil des Bundesrechtes. Sie gehen den Gesetzen vor und erzeugen Rechte und Pflichten unmittelbar für die Bewohner des Bundesgebietes.

Art 26 (1) Handlungen, die geeignet sind und in der Absicht vorgenommen werden, das friedliche Zusammenleben der Völker zu stören, insbesondere die Führung eines Angriffskrieges vorzubereiten, sind verfassungswidrig. Sie sind unter Strafe zu stellen.

https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-iran-krieg-100.html#Kiesewetter-Sollten-Angriffe-aktiv-unterstuetzen

I'm looking for some games that have a nice community. I've really been out of the mmo world, and I don't really like grindy time sinks. What do you like to play these days?

Servus, mein Bose QC25 hat nach jahrelangem (fast 10!), heldenhaften, fast täglichen Geräuschunterdrücken den Geist aufgegeben. Und jetzt suche ich nach einem Ersatz. Hat jemand von euch gute/schlechte Erfahrungen gemacht?

ANC, Tragekomfort, Klang und Lebensdauer sind mir wichtig, der Rest ist mir ziemlich egal. Preislich <500, weniger ist natürlich besser :)

Bonus-Points für gute Teileverfügbarkeit, Reparaturfreundlichkeit und ggf. das ein Teil vom Geld nicht ausschießlich in China landet.

Hallöle, ich hab da mal ne Frage.

vielleicht weiß ja hier wer weiter. Ich hab mit einem von diesen Quansheng K5 im Auto mal den CB-Bereich gescannt.

Wer die nicht kennt, das ist so ein China-Walkietalkie a la Baofeng, aber dafür gibt es custom Firmware, und dann kann das plötzlich auch zB CB-Funk hören.

Jedenfalls, auf 27.144 MHz AM hatte ich in NRW auf einmal statt Truckern Piloten im Ohr. Den ATC hab ich leider nicht gut gehört, aber die Flugzeug-Callsigns passten zu denen, die laut flightradar24 gerade über mir waren.

Jetzt frage ich mich, warum ist da Flugfunk mitten im 11m-Band? Oder spinnt mein Quansheng und die sind eigentlich bei 27*5=135 MHz oder so?

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34142424

Picture from a hike back in January. I need to go outside more often ;)

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34507515

How do you test your antenna idea? Well, our approach was to get a portable network analyzer that can show received dBm, put a commercial antenna on it, and strap the whole thing to a PVC pipe (for insulation and to get repeatable height). Then, zip-tie a cough drop to the PTT of a walkie talkie set to low power, so that it transmits continuously.

Now you can walk around your contraption with your Drain Pipe of RF measuring, and get a (rough qualitative) idea of how the pattern looks like. Much to my surprise, it actually worked.

How do you test your antenna idea? Well, our approach was to get a portable network analyzer that can show received dBm, put a commercial antenna on it, and strap the whole thing to a PVC pipe (for insulation and to get repeatable height). Then, zip-tie a cough drop to the PTT of a walkie talkie set to low power, so that it transmits continuously.

Now you can walk around your contraption with your Drain Pipe of RF measuring, and get a (rough qualitative) idea of how the pattern looks like. Much to my surprise, it actually worked.

Picture from a hike back in January. I need to go outside more often ;)

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/29055031

My first magnetic loop for 2m :)

Really simple construction: bent ca. 2mm brass pipe soldered directly to the outside of an SMA plug, inside of the plug soldered to the red wire as "input coil". Tunable by squeezing the ends more or less close together.

SWR of <1.2 at resonance, not bad. Impedance is at roughly 44+j2 Ohm, also not bad for totally eyeballing it without any prior calculations.

I can reach the nearest 2m relais just fine at 2W, although to be fair I can do the same with a short whip antenna. More testing to follow. Holy shit, this actually works!

My first magnetic loop for 2m :)

Really simple construction: bent ca. 2mm brass pipe soldered directly to the outside of an SMA plug, inside of the plug soldered to the red wire as "input coil". Tunable by squeezing the ends more or less close together.

SWR of <1.2 at resonance, not bad. Impedance is at roughly 44+j2 Ohm, also not bad for totally eyeballing it without any prior calculations.

I can reach the nearest 2m relais just fine at 2W, although to be fair I can do the same with a short whip antenna. More testing to follow. Holy shit, this actually works!

It will widen your horizon, they said. And here I was, foolishly thinking I could get away with half-assing statistics during my degree.

Turns out the status quo of Linux memory management somehow works pretty damn okay, nobody seems to really know why, and nobody cares.